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Re: [News] Review of XP-Lookalike GNU/Linux - As 'Good' As the Real Thing (Only More Secure)

  • Subject: Re: [News] Review of XP-Lookalike GNU/Linux - As 'Good' As the Real Thing (Only More Secure)
  • From: Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:17:17 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <3875717.sjX3HT5mvz@schestowitz.com> <5h24xsyqz1zd$.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <nhf504-6jd.ln1@dog.did.it>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1167898
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:11:35 +0200, Roy Culley wrote:

> begin  risky.vbs
> 	<5h24xsyqz1zd$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> 	Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:03:43 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> Linux XP Desktop: A Windows face on an old Linux base
>>> 
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Unlike Linspire and Xandros, which are both based on Debian, Linux
>>>| XP is derived from Fedora. It runs an extensively modified version
>>>| of GNOME to create an environment a Windows user should be
>>>| comfortable with. Its manifesto claims that Linux XP is not a
>>>| "cheap copycat product" but rather a mature and stable
>>>| "ready-to-migrate desktop system." This I had to see.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/11/1439232
>> 
>> Hardly seems fair....
> 
> For all your many faults Erik, I never took you for an idiot. You have
> proven me wrong.

One mans idiocy is another mans genius.

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